胃食道逆流疾病發生率與季節性變化和氣候因素之探討-以全民為基
礎的研究
Seasonal variations in the incidence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and the association with climate:
A national population-base study
中文摘要
研究背景：研究台灣地區胃食道逆流疾病的發生率與季節變化的關聯性，並進一步分析不同年 齡、不同性別及五種氣候因子(氣溫、相對溼度、大氣壓力、降雨量、日照時間)，對胃食道逆流 疾病發生率的影響。
研究方法：從2001 年 1 月至 2006 年 12 月間衛生署全民健康保險局健保費用申請資料庫中，
挑選出76,636 名因胃食道逆流症來門診接受治療的病人納入本研究。除了計算 72 個月的胃食 道逆流疾病月發生率(每 10,000 人口)，並將這些資料依性別及年齡(19-44 歲、45-64 歲及
>64 歲)區分成子群。因季節是時間序列，所以運用自我迴歸整合移動平均模型(ARIMA)來評估 季節月份及氣候因素，對胃食道逆流疾病發生率的影響。
研究結果：經分析資料發現胃食道逆流疾病的發生率，在十月至十二月為發生率的高峰，其後在 一月逐漸減少，至二月為最低發生率，到三月才又明顯的增加發生率。這樣的趨勢在不同性別、
不同年齡族群或合併兩者都有相似性的季節變化。經過自我迴歸整合移動平均模型調整後，發現 在全體族群(p<0.01)，女性病患(p<0.05)及年齡 45-64 歲(p<0.01) 、年齡>64 歲(p<0.01) 的族群都和季節性有明顯的相關性，自我迴歸整合移動平均模型也發現相對溼度和男性及大於 64 歲族群(p<0.01)的每個月胃食道逆流疾病發生率呈負相關，而降雨量只和大於 64 歲的年齡 族群(p<0.05) 呈正相關。
結論：這是全世界第一個以全民為基礎，探討胃食道逆流症發生率和氣候變化及氣候因子關聯性 的研究。研究發現胃食道逆流症的發生率和台灣氣候的變化有關，相對濕度與男性、大於64 歲 的族群的胃食道逆流症發生率呈負相關，而降雨量只和大於64 歲的族群呈正相關。
英文摘要
Purpose: To examine the seasonal variation in the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for different gender and age groups and its association with climatic parameters (ambient temperature, relative humidity,atmospheric pressure, rainfall, hours of sunshine).
Methods: A total of 76,636 ambulatory care visits for the treatment of GERD
between 2001 and 2006 were included. Monthly GERD incidence rates per 10,000 people were calculated over 72 months and categorized by gender and age
groupings (of 19-44, 45-64, and >= 64 years). Seasonality is a general component of time series patterns.
The Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) regression method was used to evaluate the effects of climatic and monthly factors on GERD incidence rates after adjusting for the time-trend effect.
Results: Seasonal trends showed an incidence peak in October-December, followed by a sharp decrease in January and a trough in February; a fairly similar seasonal pattern of GERD incidence was apparent for gender, age and combined groups. The ARIMA test for seasonality found a significant association for the total group (p<0.01), and female (p<0.05) patients, and for the 45-64 (p<0.01) and >64 (p<0.01) age groups. The ARIMA models also showed that relative humidity was negatively related to monthly GERD incidence rates for males (p<0.01) and the >64 (p<0.05) age group.
Conclusion: Data showed seasonal variations in GERD incidence. Relative humidity was associated with monthly GERD incidence rates for males and the >64 age group.
